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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i'm 22:34.  i recommend baby whisperer.  saved my life and sanity.  [/quote]

OK, to take this thread in a different direction-- the "some books work for some babies" direction, maybe?-- how would the EASY routine work for a baby like mine, who I think isn't atypical at 5 weeks because my first was like this until around 5 months too-- who catnaps for a max. of 20 mins. at a time, and therefore can stay awake happily maybe for 15 mins. at a time, and who wants to feed every 2 hours more or less during the day? I read this w/ #1 but just couldn't establish the eat-sleep-play routine (not to mention you time- ha ha ha!) w/ her, and I can't with #2, either. I would love to push her to more regularity or routine, as all these books seem to kind of urge even if they don't recommend schedules, but they all seem to assume babies sleep for good 2 hour naps and can nurse enough w/ each feeding (without spitting it all up) to go 3 hours or so between feedings...all the sleep books did for me for the first 3 months was make me frustrated and resentful of my babies for not doing what they were supposed to.  :cry: I know baby whisperer is supposed to be an exception (as is Pantley, as is Karp) but looking at all their sample routines/baby "norm"s made me want to cry because it was so far from my experience.[/quote]

I totally agree! The schedules don't take into account cat nappers and cluster feeders, both of which are totally normal. I don't feel like my baby could have been on anything approximating a real schedule until now at 6 months (and even now he naps no where near as long as they suggest). I never tried to put him on a schedule and can only imagine the frustration. [/quote]

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